| Venue: | Jahnstadion, Bottrop, Germany |
| Date: | 16 July 2005 |
| Competitors: | 39 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Gold: |  Thierry Gueorgiou |
| Silver: | Daniel Hubmann |
| Bronze: |  Øystein Kvaal Østerbø |
| Prev: | 2001 |
| Next: | 2009 |
The men's middle distance competition in orienteering at the 2005 World Games took place on 16 July 2005 in the Jahnstadion in Bottrop, Germany.[1]
A total of 39 athletes entered the competition. Every athlete had to check in at control points, which were located across the course.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thierry Gueorgiou | France | 38:10.1 | ||
| Daniel Hubmann | 38:31.1 | |||
| Øystein Kvaal Østerbø | 38:36.5 | |||
| 4 | Christian Nielsen | Denmark | 38:55.4 | |
| 5 | Yuri Omeltchenko |  Ukraine | 39:09.1 | |
| 6 | Damien Renard | France | 39:14.8 | |
| 7 | Ingo Horst | Germany | 39:18.1 | |
| 8 |  Sweden | 39:37.3 | ||
| 9 | Holger Hott | Norway | 39:41.6 | |
| 10 | Mārtiņš Sirmais | Latvia | 39:55.0 | |
| 11 | Svajūnas Ambrazas |  Lithuania | 39:58.5 | |
| 12 | Grant Bluett |  Australia | 40:06.6 | |
| 13 | Johan Näsman | Sweden | 40:10.0 | |
| 14 | Matthew Crane |  Great Britain | 40:17.8 | |
| 15 | Marián Dávidík |  Slovakia | 40:23.1 | |
| 16 | Matthias Merz | Switzerland | 40:23.8 | |
| 17 | Simonas Krėpšta | Lithuania | 40:29.1 | |
| 18 | Sergey Detkov |  Russia | 41:01.3 | |
| 19 | Tomáš Dlabaja |  Czech Republic | 41:13.1 | |
| 20 | Juha-Matti Huhtanen |  Finland | 41:16.8 | |
| 21 | Maxim Davydov | Russia | 41:19.8 | |
| 22 | Claus Bloch | Denmark | 41:21.0 | |
| 23 | Troy de Haas | Australia | 41:49.3 | |
| 24 | Andreas Kraas |  Estonia | 42:00.6 | |
| 25 | Troels Nielsen | Denmark | 42:04.4 | |
| 26 | Jonas Pilblad | Sweden | 42:13.4 | |
| 27 | Petr Losman | Czech Republic | 42:28.4 | |
| 28 | Nicolas Girsch | France | 42:32.0 | |
| 29 | Jonne Lehto | Finland | 42:35.8 | |
| 30 | Alexander Shcherbakov | Russia | 42:50.1 | |
| 31 | Kristaps Jeudzems | Latvia | 42:51.0 | |
| 32 | Nicholas Barrable | Great Britain | 43:23.2 | |
| 33 | François Gonon | France | 43:43.5 | |
| 34 | Ramūnas Šimanskas | Lithuania | 43:44.5 | |
| 35 | Oskars Zernis | Latvia | 43:47.2 | |
| 36 | Christian Ott | Switzerland | 44:38.8 | |
| 37 | Axel Fischer | Germany | 44:49.3 | |
| Thormod Berg | Norway | DSQ | ||
| Jörgen Wickholm | Finland | DNS |